Starch granule associated lipids (GALs) are known to alter the properties and functions of small granule starches. To test the hypothesis that the removal GALs from small granule starches could increase the overall reactive surface and improve octenyl-succinylation (OSA) modification efficiency, four small granules starches from rice, oat, quinoa, amaranth and a waxy maize starch were subjected to defat, OSA esterification and combined defatted and OSA treatment. The combined treatment showed a significant improvement in the degree of substitution for all starches from both tritration and H NMR methodologies. Confocal microscopy revealed a more uniform distribution of OSA groups on the starch surface. After GALs removal, the bimodal granule size distribution was diminished but reappeared during OSA modification. Pasting viscosity increased for the OSA and GALs removed quinoa, waxy maize and amaranth starches, but it decreased on modified rice and oat starches. OSA treatment alone significantly altered the gelling and rheological properties towards a more soft and less stable starch structure. The combined treatment compensated these changes to some extent and filled the property gap between the native and OSA modified starches. This study demonstrated that removing GALs can achieve more profound OSA derivatization.
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Int J Biol Macromol
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State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
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Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China.
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January 2025
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco - Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.
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